Back-band buckle.



No. 789,043. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905. W. R. MEDEARIS.

BACK BANDBUCKLE.

APPLICATION 11.31) MAB..18, 1904.

WITNESSES." /NVENTO/? ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented May 2, 1905.

PATENT OEEicE.

, BACK-BAND BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 789,043, dated May 2,1905 Application filed March 18, 190 Serial No. 198,792.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROBERT ME- DEARIS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State ofTennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Back-BandBuckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of back-bandbuckles in which a front or face plate slides on a rear or base plate toform a closure for the hook which carries the trace-chain.

The object of my invention is to provide a combined back-band buckle andtrace-carrier which shall be simple in construction, eflicient inoperation, easily manipulated, and which can be made from a very smallamount of material.

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features ofconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevationshowing one form of buckle. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of Fig. 1, takenon line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation showing another form ofbuckle. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is aview of buckle made entirely of wire. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view of a modification.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, A is the base orrear plate, provided at its lower end with a downwardlyprojecting andupwardly-turned hook member A and having the slot A in its body portion.At or near the junction of the hook member and the body portion are theinwardlyprojectiug ears or guides A which project toward each other, asshown.

B is the front or face plate, provided with the slot B in its bodyportion and having a downwardly-projecting tongue or extension B whichis bent or turned outwardly at substantially a right angle to formtheguard or keeper B the purpose of which will be presently set forth.

In assembling the parts to make a complete buckle the tongue orextension B of plate B is slid into place between the ears orguides A ofthe base-plate A. The tongue B is preferably provided with a hump orswell B", said tongue in its central portion B being bent rearwardly tolie against the front face of the base-plate. The purpose of the hump orswell is to cause the two plates to bind snugly against each other whenthe front plate is slid downwardly and hold the guard or keeper Bsecurely against the upper end of the hook A. The webbing of thebackband is passed through the slots in the two plates and then drawn tothe desired adjustment. By pushing guard or keeper B the end of whichprojects slightly beyond the front face of the hook, said hook is openedand the trace-chain can be readily placed in said hook. The guard isthen pushed downwardly again until it rests on the end of the hook, thusforming a closure for the same and a loop in which the trace-chainrests.

The two members of combined buckle'and trace-carrier can be madeentirely of sheet metal or one of sheet metal and the other of wire, orthey can both be made of wire, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of thedrawings.

A simple and cheap form of my device can be made as shown in Fig. 7 inwhich form the ears or guides are omitted and the tongue of theface-plate slides within the hook. In this form the sole connectingmeans for the two members of the buckle is the webbing of the back-bandpassed through the respective slots of the two plates.

The construction of my improved buckle is such that when the web isinserted in the slots and pulled down in position there is no chance forthe web toslip, because the ears or guides on the base-plate withinwhich the face-plate slides holds both members of the buckle tightlytogether, making a clamp on the web. Furthermore, there is no liabilityof the link of the trace-chain getting out of the hook, because the saidhook is entirely closed by the guard or keeper and will remain so untilsaid guard is forced upwardly by hand.

It will be seen that this combined back-band buckle and trace-carrier issimple, cheap, easily adjusted, strong, and durable, and having no teethwill not destroy the web.

whereby a band or web passed through the slots of the two plates isclamped between the adjacent fac'esofi the two plates-or frames.

2'. A combined back-band buckle and traceca'rrier', consisting of a baseplate or: frame hayinga slot in its upper p'ortionand: anupwardly-turned hook. at its lower endg. ears or guidesprojectingf'romithe side edges'of said: plate inwardly over the face thereof belowthe said slot, a face: plateor frame havinga;

slot in its upperportion and a downwardlyprojectingtongue memberextending: from thevhody of said face-plate betweenthe-saidzears orguides-of the baseeplatmthe lower end of said tongue bent outwardly atan angle'and adapted to-abut against the upper end of the r upturnedhook of the base-plate and close the same-,:whereby' when; a. band. orweb; is; passed through the slots of thetwo plates; it will be clampedbetween the adjacent faces of said base and face plates.

3. A combined back-band buckle and trace- G'ZHZIlBLfi; comprising-abase;- plate": or; frame havingaslot in its upper portion and anupwardlyturned hook at its lower end, ears or guides projecting f i'ornthe side edges of said plate and extending inwardly over the front faceof the same, a frontor face plate having a slot in its upper portion, atongue projecting downwardly from said plate and fitted between the earsor guides on the base-plate, an

outwardly-bent guardia'tthe lowerend of the tongu eadapted to close-theehook when inopenative position; said. tongue" also provided with a humpor curved portion which engages the" inner faces: of the ears or guideswhensaid: guard isfonc'edi downwardly, and forces the base and. face:plateaou frames: closely to:- gether', whereby aibanda orwebpassedithrough the slots insaid plateszwillibezsecurely clamped betweensaid plates or frames.

WITil'iI'NllB ROBERT MEDEARIS.

Witnesses:

J2. A. SLoim; SHEFFIELD- CLARK;

